Despite successfully debuting his up-tempo style as Eagles
coach, Chip Kelly would like his offense to pick up the pace even
more for Sunday's matchup with the visiting Chargers.

"There are certain games where you play the clock, but I don't
know that there will be a time in this game where you won't be
wanting to go score and keep scoring because of how fast they play
offensively," San Diego quarterback Philip Rivers said. "No lead is
ever safe."

Though Philadelphia's 53 first-half plays were the second-most
by any team since 1991, Kelly felt his team could have moved more
quickly and smoothly in Monday night's 33-27 win over
Washington.

"I felt like it was slow, to be honest with you," Kelly said.
"I'm not joking. We've got to do a better job. We left the ball on
the ground too much. We didn't get the ball to the officials. We
could have sped things up from a process between plays. That's
something we need to continue to work on."

At least twice it appeared star runner LeSean McCoy had to leave
the field just to catch his breath. Exemplifying how Kelly plans to
run the ball about as much as he did at Oregon, McCoy had a
career-high 31 carries for 184 yards - one shy of a personal
best.

"The tempo really worked," McCoy said. "I don't think anyone has
seen it that fast."

McCoy's 34-yard touchdown run gave the Eagles a 33-7 lead early
in the third quarter. However, they didn't score after that as the
offense slowed down, in part to take time off the clock, and they
failed to gain more than 16 yards on four of their final five
possessions.

"We've got to keep working. There are a lot of mistakes we
made," said Michael Vick, who threw for 203 yards and two
touchdowns while rushing for 54 and a score. "I think (in) the
second half, we got a little bit sloppy."

While Kelly and the Eagles were pleased with Vick's play, new
Chargers coach Mike McCoy had to be happy with how Rivers
implemented his new offensive scheme through two-plus quarters.
Rivers tied a career high with four TD passes as San Diego built a
28-7 lead midway through the third.

However, the Chargers totaled just 10 yards after that, Rivers'
interception was returned for the tying touchdown in the fourth and
Houston won 31-28 on a game-ending field goal.

"We had every opportunity in the world to finish that game and
we didn't do it," McCoy said Wednesday. "And it's all about winning
and losing. We get paid to win games here and we didn't finish the
game. But we're moving on. We're learning from it."

Rivers threw for 195 yards and was 14 of 29 for a 48.3
completion percentage which was the second-worst of Week 1. He's
not expecting things to get any easier against an Eagles defense
that sacked Robert Griffin III three times and intercepted two of
his passes.

"I know everyone's talking how fast their offense is and how
fast they play, but their defense is the same way," Rivers said.
"Their personnel is fast and they just fly around."

Philadelphia limited the Redskins to 74 rushing yards despite
playing against Griffin and Alfred Morris, last year's top rusher
among quarterbacks and the league's second-leading rusher
overall.

Ryan Mathews was held to 33 yards on 13 carries in the opener as
San Diego fell to 7-16 in games he plays and has less than 65 on
the ground. The Chargers have failed to rush for 100 yards in eight
consecutive games.

Their defense, meanwhile, surrendered 449 yards to the Texans -
six yards more than Philadelphia had last week.

All but two of the 10 meetings between these teams have been
decided by eight points or less. In the most recent one, Rivers was
20 of 25 for 231 yards and two TDs in a 31-23 home win in 2009.

The Chargers have lost their only two trips to Philadelphia
since 1995. They're 0-6 on the road against NFC foes since 2009 but
did win both of their trips to the Northeast last season - against
Pittsburgh and the New York Jets in December.

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